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Gung Ho! Overview:

Gung Ho! (1943) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Ray Enright and produced by Walter Wanger.

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Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's motto during World War II was 'Gung Ho'.
Randolph Scott's character in this movie, Colonel Thorwald, is based on Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson.
The action in this movie takes place in the Makin Group of Islands. The Butaritari Atoll or Butaritari Island is the largest of the Makin Atoll group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has also been known as Makin Island, Pitt Island, Taritari Island and Touching Island. The Makin Islands are a chain of islands nested within the larger Gilbert Islands group of 16 atolls and coral islands. They are all a part of the Island Nation of the Republic of Kiribati.
The meaning and relevance of this movie's 'Gung Ho' title is that the literary origins of the phrase "Gung Ho" are that it is Chinese expression which is defined in the film as meaning "To Work in Harmony", "Gung" translating as "to work" and "Ho" translating as "harmony".
The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
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